Sentence examples for substantial commissions from inspiring English sources

"We were paid substantial commissions for doing very little work," Ms. Edwards said.

Conducted by Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos, the orchestra offered two of the strongest results from a history of substantial commissions: Hindemith's Concert Music for Strings and Brass (Op. 50) to open the concert, and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra to close it.

First, CSFB would only allocate shares to clients who generated substantial commissions by trading through the firm.

"Chironis's irresponsible actions virtually guaranteed the convent's accounts would lose money due to the undisclosed and excessive costs being incurred while Chironis focused on generating substantial commissions for himself".

Instead of responsibly managing the nuns' brokerage accounts -- one devoted to financing charity efforts, one to care for elderly nuns in assisted-living facilities -- Chironis focussed on generating substantial commissions for himself.

In sad contrast to Rubens, Rembrandt received only one substantial commission from a court.

He was entitled to a substantial commission, but his boss took all the credit.

I would have gotten a very substantial commission, but my boss took all the credit.